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    Benjamin Toff, Sumitra Badrinathan, Camila Mont'Alverne, and Amy Ross ArguedasApril 22, 2021
    How do audiences decide what news to trust? Fairness and accuracy aren’t the only things that matter
    A new Reuters Institute report finds that editorial standards and journalistic practices may be less important for trust in news than audience impressions about brand reputations and the look and feel of how information is presented.
    Brad EspositoApril 21, 2021
    “I have always been obsessed with this idea of getting people to care”
    An interview with Sara Yasin, the managing editor of BuzzFeed News.
    Mark Coddington and Seth LewisApril 20, 2021
    Why do people still get print newspapers? Well, partly to start up the grill (seriously)
    “Appropriating the newspaper is tied to non-news practices which are meaningful to the actors, although they might seem trivial to some scholars.”
    Robert Wyss, Margaret Rubega, and Robert CapersApril 8, 2021
    Scientists need to get better at talking to the public. Why doesn’t training seem to help?
    We wanted to know more about what really helps scientists talk to the public. What we found surprised us.
    Lyz LenzApril 1, 2021
    When the mob comes
    “In believing it can’t happen to them, they believe, on some level, that you deserve what you are getting. But the reality is, it can happen to anyone.”
    Madelyn Webb and Bethan JohnMarch 31, 2021
    We need to know more about political ads. But can transparency be a trap?
    Social platforms know transparency matters when it comes to political advertising, but they’re also able to control the terms of that transparency.
    Logan Molyneux and Shannon McGregorMarch 26, 2021
    When journalists put tweets in news stories, do they transfer too much power to Twitter?
    Journalists have transferred some of their own power over the presentation of current events to Twitter by normalizing the ways tweets are presented in news stories.
    Denise-Marie OrdwayMarch 23, 2021
    Why do Americans share so much fake news? One big reason is they aren’t paying attention, new research suggests
    Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy, a new study suggests.
    Laura Hazard OwenMarch 18, 2021
    The New York Times is so done with its 77,000-member Facebook cooking group. What happens now?
    “Food Only” turned out to be impossible.
    Sarah ScireMarch 16, 2021
    Doubling down on local opinion journalism, McClatchy will create community advisory boards for every opinion team
    The community members will join internal meetings, participate in interviews for candidate endorsements, and recommend topics for editorials and contributed opinion pieces.
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